17 March 2015

Rachel Reeves, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, says: “We are not the party of people on benefits.”

What: Rachel Reeves tells The Guardian: “We don’t want to be seen, and we’re not, the party to represent those who are out of work… Labour are a party of working people, formed for and by working people.”

Why significant: The main opposition party contributes again to the benefit scrounging narrative.